Disappearing Ink Is Cutting Edge
from the toy-to-technology dept
We've all been waiting and waiting for digital paper, and it doesn't look like it's coming anytime soon. Maybe all we really need is disappearing ink technology to save paper. Toshiba has developed an ink that when heated, disappears. They plan to sell the opposite of a printer, a device that erases your printed pages at a rate of 100 pages/hr. Isn't that what you always wanted for Christmas?
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Sounds like a pretty cool idea. If it's affordable, I'd be interested.
I would bet the old marks are still somehow detectable though, so keep shredding that sensitive info.
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I've got dibs on "Blackout" Correction Fluid!
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Technology = Efficiency
Gee, now all the Anderson-Enron-Worldcom types have to do is "accidentally" turn up the thermostat a couple of days before docs have to be turned over.
Yeah, yeah, they have to be baked to erase the ink, and traces are sure to be left, but can't you just see a scene on "Law & Order" next year where the cops, warrant in hand, bust in on a roomful of frantic corporate lawyers with sensitive papers and hairdryers. :-P
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digital eraser
I want a device that erases Microsoft.
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No one will use it
100 pages per HOUR?! I hope this is a misprint.
Even if it's per minute, I doubt it would work very well. After paper has been printed on and passed around, it's generally not in good enough condition to be run through a typical printer again without causing lots of jams.
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Re: No one will use it
It may be that the device will also press or iron the paper as it heats it.
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